Is the EU a strategic powerhouse or an ineffectual player?
Europe • Sep 9, 2025, 9:47 AM
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European political leaders tried to switch off for a few weeks in August, but they must have had a lot on their minds. Russian forces have advanced in the Donbas, in eastern Ukraine. A summit in Alaska between the Russian and American presidents set off alarm bells in Kyiv and in the EU. And members of European governments are smarting from a trade deal with US President Donald Trump that leaves a 15 percent tariff ceiling on most EU products coming into the US – this as the European Union wants to assert its competitiveness and its strategic weight in the world. We discuss all this and more with our guests.
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'Huge shift in awareness' in Europe about Ukraine's need for weapons, MP says
Europe • 6:48 PM
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A Russian strike on Tuesday killed 24 people waiting for pension payments in a front-line town of eastern Ukraine where Russian forces are massing forces for a large-scale offensive, officials said. Speaking on FRANCE 24, Ukrainian MP Lisa Yasko, says th
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Macron’s politics weakened mainstream parties while energising populist forces on both right & left
Europe • 4:24 PM
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Another prime minister gone. Another crisis unfolds. In France, what once shocked is now routine. François Bayrou resigned after a crushing confidence vote. It's the third fall of a head of government in 14 months, leaving Macron scrambling and a nation
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‘Resigned to Failure?’ Bayrou’s ‘doomed gamble’ harks back to Macron's 2024 snap elections fallout
Europe • 2:34 PM
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In a dramatic turn that exposed the unraveling of France’s political center, Prime Minister François Bayrou resigned after a humiliating defeat in a no-confidence vote he had called himself. The self-inflicted collapse deepens the crisis engulfing Presid
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Russian strikes kill at least 20 people in eastern Ukraine, says Zelensky
Europe • 10:21 AM
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A Russian air strike on the eastern region of Donetsk has killed at least 20 people, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday. In a social media post, he wrote that an aerial bomb hit the village of Yarova and urged Ukrainian allies to resp
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Is the EU a strategic powerhouse or an ineffectual player?
Europe • 9:47 AM
1 min
European political leaders tried to switch off for a few weeks in August, but they must have had a lot on their minds. Russian forces have advanced in the Donbas, in eastern Ukraine. A summit in Alaska between the Russian and American presidents set off
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Russia struck Kyiv govt building with Iskander ballistic missile, Ukraine says
Europe • 6:14 AM
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Russia used an Iskander ballistic missile in its deadly attack on a Ukrainian government building in Kyiv on Sunday, a top Ukraine official said. The impact of the powerful missile, which did not fully detonate, left a “gaping hole” in the building, and
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